Quietly withdrawing from the front hall of the banquet, Shao Yi led me into the Ni Palace, Concubine Bai was not in the Ni Palace, but was waiting in the palace early, seeing me walk into her palace, she didn't react at all, and watched me look at me coldly.

I stood outside the door of her temple, and she sat at the stone table in the palace.

At this time, Shao Yi raised his head, and just as he was about to speak, I raised my hand to signal him to step back, and then walked towards Concubine Bai step by step, stood in front of her, glanced at the wine glass on the stone table, picked up the wine jug and shook it, and asked, "Can I sit down?" ”

Concubine Bai gave me a cold look.

I sat down, and there was no extra glass on the table, so I took the one she used, poured it out, and drank it all, and then said. "Tonight, my palace is extremely lively, but your side is so deserted, I feel uncomfortable, right?"

Concubine Bai was furious, snatched the wine glass that I was still pinching between my fingers, and slammed it on the ground, the white jade cup immediately shattered countless times, but the splashed fragments scratched her hand, she ignored the blood on the wound on her hand, pointed at my nose and scolded, "You woman is so vicious!" I will definitely tell you all these things you have done! ”

"Oh?" I looked very interested, "You pretended to commit suicide that night, and I asked Your Majesty to visit you in the palace, and I stayed in your palace for several days and nights, but it gave you too many opportunities to let you say it, didn't you say it, sister?" ”

"Fuyin!" It was as if Concubine Bai was about to rush up and beat me up.

was stopped by Shaoyi. "Concubine Bai, please respect yourself."

Concubine Bai glared at Shaoyi, and then looked at me, a pair of apricot eyes were extremely round, and there was an incomparable expression on her snow-white skin, she went crazy and slapped Shaoyi. "What are you! Even the minions around her are going to bully the head of this palace, right? ”

Shao Yi was silent, standing in place, without the slightest intention of backing down.

Concubine Bai raised her hand again, and I pushed Shao Yi away and grabbed her wrist with a swing. "I believe Concubine Bai knows that this palace is full of martial arts and is not inferior to tens of millions of men in this world, if you want to make trouble with violence, you will definitely not get cheap in front of this palace."

Her eyes were fixed on me, full of resentment, she twitched her wrist several times in vain, the condensed hatred in her eyes grew deeper and deeper, more and more helpless, and she squirmed her lips a few times.

I heard her say, "Fuyin, I know, I know your past." ”

Although I was not too surprised, but there was still a moment of distraction, I never took the initiative to hide, but when there is a benefit not to say, it has become a human instinct to shut up, I let go of her wrist, picked up the wine jug, and poured the wine into my mouth with the spout of the mouth, and the wine was drawn from the spout in a curve and poured into the mouth, no sweetness, only hard work.

"I don't care who sues you, and I don't want to pay attention to what you want to blackmail me, I just want to sue you, you let people send a message to my banquet to lead me here, it's really too much." After drinking, I put the flask back on the stone table, and wanted to turn away, "If you think that telling Your Majesty about this matter will hurt me in the slightest, then go for it, I'm afraid that in the end, it will hurt you." ”

"Fuyin!" She lunged up and grabbed me by the sleeve, and after a moment of eye contact with me, her eyes softened, and slowly, slowly, she sat down at my feet in frustration. "If you have been in love with Prince Yuwen, how can you bear to rob my lover."

My heart couldn't help but throb violently.

Her voice was soft, fluttering in my ears, but it sent me to hell from which I will never recover.

I looked down at her, but I didn't know if I was looking at her or myself.

Reach out and wipe away any excess tears from the corners of your eyes without leaving a trace. I said, "If it weren't for the fact that you loved him, I don't know how many times you would have died for all these things you have done." Silly girl, it's not just love between power and conspiracy, you know? ”

"It's you who feel indebted! It is you who take advantage of your Majesty's feelings for you, so you have a weak heart. She suddenly looked up, her eyes bloodshot, like a demon crawling out of hell trying to kill me.

I didn't feel afraid, I didn't feel terrible, I just felt that my heart was empty, and I laughed, brushing the tears that flowed from her cheeks.

I didn't know how to answer her, and was about to break free from her and turn away.

Concubine Bai grabbed the hem of my skirt and asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you dare to say that you don't know that Your Majesty loves you?!" Do you dare to say that you don't have the selfishness to monopolize your majesty's favor at all?! ”

"Of course, I don't dare to say it." I leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Of course I know what he wants, and I don't dare say I'm selfless, but so what? ”

"Of course I want better, I want what I really want in my heart, but God didn't give me a chance to choose and took away the rest, do you think that as long as there is love in troubled times, it is enough for two people to be together? Do you still think that if I hadn't been here, you would have enjoyed the glory and wealth with your majesty? Do you know what the outside of the palace walls is like today? I don't know what happened when you entered the palace, but today you can still sit back and enjoy your breath in the Nancheng Palace, relying on my Fuyin! I used Huangfu Xuan's thoughts on me, but I also made Nancheng enough to confront the world, his heart gave me a chance, and I was fulfilling his national peace and security. Your majesty is not a fool, he must understand what kind of benefits it will bring to Nancheng if you give me a single favor, it is impossible to govern a country by relying on a single pet ****, you want him to look at you more, at least learn not to be sloppy like a shrew, if you rely on love, then love your majesty well, don't make it difficult for everyone to do something. ”

I shook her off, let her wolf bèi fall, and strode out of the palace.

Night, and night.

The night was undoubtedly a long torture for me. No matter how much I miss that person, it has been a long time since I have been in my dreams, and every time I close my eyes, I can only remember the despair of Shao Palace.

I don't know how many times I sighed, but I finally decided to get up, approved a piece of clothing and walked into the study, and opened the curtain on the wall, revealing the huge map on the wall.

Shaogong is in the north, and I am in the south. The plate in the east is now fragmented, and the west is like a plate of scattered sand, this is only ten years, the situation in the world has been like a big reincarnation, if you want a new situation after ten years, it must be man-made.

Fingers, I can't help but touch a little bit of Shao Gong on the map, I still can't forget the scene of several faints with unbearable abdominal pain that day, my son is there, and Yuan Ying doesn't know where it is.

"Shaoyi!" I suddenly shouted.

Shao Yi pushed the door in and waited.

"Where is Your Majesty now, have you slept?" As soon as the words came out, I was surprised, and now in the middle of the night, he must have rested a long time ago, so he changed his words again, "Forget it." Go down. ”

Shao Yi is about to step back.

"That's right." I stopped him again, hesitated a few times before making up my mind, "Go and prepare the car, let's go to General Ao's mansion." ”

"Yes." Shao Yi retreated.

I lifted my feet and took the map off the wall and rolled it up carefully.

After a not-so-short bump, the carriage finally stopped in front of General Ao's mansion, and I stepped out of the carriage with a long scroll, and my eldest brother stood outside the mansion to greet me.

"It's so cold, why are you waiting outside." I couldn't help but ask, seeing that he was thinly dressed.

"The palace people came to spread the word, saying that you are coming. I thought to myself that you are coming so late, I am afraid that there is something urgent, and according to your temperament, it is really reassuring. "He replied to me like this.

"Big brother." I nudged him a little, "Go in and say." ”

He nodded quietly, and then said to Shao Yi, who was driving, "Please come in through the back door in the carriage." ”

The two of us walked into his study, and I handed him the scroll, turned and closed the door.

He spread the scroll on the table, was surprised, then looked up and asked me again, "...... are you?"

"This battle is inevitable." I landed my finger on a spot on the map, "Would you like to fight this battle with me?" ”

"You've been playing this game of chess for five years, and now you've finally decided to move, and there's no reason why your eldest brother shouldn't accompany you." He sat down very firmly, "Tell me what you think." ”

"I know, you've found the second brother." After escaping from Shao Palace five years ago, I was temporarily settled in Nancheng, when I was bent on revenge, and wanted to gather the brothers in the past in the name of Luoxiang Cottage, but I didn't expect to come to the door first, but it was the eldest brother who was separated after the defeat in Dongfu, Ao Zhan.

In the past five years, it was the eldest brother who slowly found these people back, and only then did he have the Luoxiang cottage five years later. It's just that among the brothers in the past, only the second brother lost his news long before I left Beishao, until now.

The eldest brother didn't say anything, but he didn't deny it, he just gave me the answer.

"Wei Xiao came to Xiyi and brought two things, one is Gong Yu, and the other is news about the regent of Beishao." I thought about it for a while, "Gong Yu is probably a move by theirs, using him to tell me about the whereabouts of Yuan Ying, although the truth is still unguessable, but I believe it can definitely stimulate me, and they just hope to defeat me with this." So I decided, to consume him, was to lock him up, and never see him. ”

"But with Gong Yu's ability...... How long can you trap him? The eldest brother hesitated.

"If they want to make a bitter plan, they must work hard. I asked Shao Yi to nail him to prison. Then, I need you to help me bring the news to Gong Li, only Gong Li can really trap him. Then there's the second thing, about the regent of Beishao, I don't know where such a person came from, but I have some doubts that it could be Yuan Qi, whose whereabouts are unknown. "The most suitable person I can think of for this role is probably only Yuan Ying's scheming brother.

The eldest brother thought for a while, "Do you want the second brother to cooperate with you?" ”

I nodded. "Now the situation in Beishao is tense, only the general is lacking, if the retired General Qiao suddenly has news, I am afraid that Beishao will be eager to find him back. First, we can confirm the authenticity of the regent of Beishao, and second, we can also wait for us to attack Beishao. ”

"That's what you're up to. If you want the second child to cooperate with your plan to oppose Beishao, don't you want to ask him for the debt he owed to Yuan Ying for designing you to seize Dongfu. ”

"If you bring me to him, he will surely understand the hardships of my last resort." It's been five years, I can't wait any longer, I'm not sure who the regent of Beishao is, if it's really Yuan Qi, I'm afraid my son will be in danger.

"Lao Jiu," the eldest brother sighed, "Dongfu is going to lose after all, in this battle to the death, in the end, it will only be a war between Nancheng and Beishao, you have to completely devour Dongfu, have you ever thought about how to explain to Fuang?" What's more, you really made the decision to bear this infamy. ”

"Carrying it or not, I've been carrying it for too many years." I don't dare to think about how I have lived all these years, I have the courage to come step by step, but I have never lost the courage to look back. "Wei Xiao wants to use me, it is estimated that Beishao is using Xiyi behind him, if we take Xiyi directly, they must have guessed it, but if we feint to attack Xiyi and take Dongfu, they will definitely guess that Beishao has garrisons to guard some of the territory of Dongfu and Xiyi, I think, the next bet is big."

Big brother guessed what I meant. "You want to use it to feint against Beishao."

"Yes. You see," I pointed to the boundary between the four countries on the map and explained, "although Nancheng and Beishao have had a lot of friction, they have never confronted each other head-on, so the confrontation is long-lasting but seems friendly, and no one has broken this illusion of peace first, but once we move on Xiyi, it will be a declaration of war with Beishao no matter what. ”

The eldest brother stared at the map for a long time, then reached out and pointed to a few places on the several criss-crossing borders on the map, and then looked at me.

I nodded.

This battle is inevitable, after getting the full support of my eldest brother, my confidence has doubled, and the stuffiness that was originally stuck in my heart was finally relieved, when I left General Ao's mansion, the sky was already bright, and I couldn't help but take a nap in the carriage back to the palace.

When I woke up, I was already on the bed in the dormitory, and a clever man sat up, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he ran out, never thinking that Huangfu Xuanren was already sitting in my palace.

I brought the map, spread it out on the ground, and explained my idea to him step by step, expecting that he would approve of my plan to send troops, but the result was ......

"No way!" Huangfu Xuan refused.

Before that, I categorically did not expect that the biggest obstacle to leading the troops on this expedition would be Huangfu Xuan. "You believe me this time, although I am not sure of winning, but we have a good chance of winning, if nothing else, we can ......"

"Fuyin, don't forget, you are the queen of the widow." Huangfu Xuan interrupted me, and there was no doubt about it.

It dawned on me. "Did someone tell you something? Or is there something you're hiding from me? What the hell is wrong with you? The cooperation between us has always been very good, and my intention to expand the territory of Nancheng must be thoughtful and definitely for the good of Nancheng. ”

"If the queen wants to lead troops to this battle, do you want the world to laugh at the incompetence of the outnumbered?" His tone was not heavy, but it was not the same as his usual slightly playful temper.

"What the hell are you going to say?" I just vaguely feel that Huangfu Xuan seems to have been affected by something, and even his mind is confused, but at this critical juncture.

"If you find Yu Wenzheng, will you go with him, or stay in Nancheng?"

I was stunned, Huangfu Xuan waited quietly for a while, and then when he finally couldn't wait any longer, he got up from the chair he was sitting on, and walked step by step from the map I had laid on the ground, and when he was about to reach the door, he stopped.

He said, "The widow is not good at saying ifs, but today I want to ask you ifs," he paused for a moment, "If the widow promised to lend you troops when you asked for help from Nancheng back then, and let you be ashamed of Dongfu, would you still go with him?" ”

"At that time, I was helpless and desperate, but the only thing I knew was my feelings for him. If you lend me troops, I will be grateful to you, but I will remain true to myself. "I looked at his back and began to feel sorry for him, but I didn't know why I felt sorry for him, at that time none of us was necessarily wrong, but today, we are used to feeling and the way of living, which makes it impossible for us to change." I once thought that if I couldn't find him in this life, I might live by your side forever, but probably only as a best friend, I only have a heart, only a love, and if I give him it, I can't give it to you again, that's too vicious for us. I would love to tell you that you will find someone you love and love you, but this is too hypocritical for me to say. Huangfu Xuan, just when I am sorry for you, since I have him in my heart in this life, I can only let you down, don't force us to step on the current relationship, I don't want to give up on him, and I don't want to lose you. ”

The sunlight cast on the temple and warmed it. Huangfu Xuan faced the sunlight outside the hall, and his shadow fell to the ground, close to me, as if I could reach him with my hand.

"If you've decided, do it." He was silent for a few moments before saying, "Fuyin, I'm sorry. ”